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for time and a little behind on his schedule. 
With his fancy show stock he does not breed 
but twice a year and allows the doe to nurse 
the young for nearly three months. Each doe 
is allowed to handle only three youngsters. 
What does this prove to the beginner? 
It should at least point out the fact that it 
pays to go slow in the breeding business and 
to take your does into consideration. I have 
seen excellent breeding does absolutely ruined 
in a season’s foreing for some of the wonderful 
results that some dealers are claiming are pos- 
sible with rabbits. 
It is true that “pigs is pigs” but it is better 
to take Nature in consideration if you want 
to build substantially and achieve lasting and 
permanent success. 
The young stock will commence to eat as 
soon as they get their eyes open and get out 
of the nest box, but they still need the help 
of the mother’s milk. 
By the time they are seven or eight weeks 
old they will be in a position to handle the 
